KOH 2013

[brooksy]

SWEET !!



brooksy

[MogLux]

Just had these pictures sent through from Mal.. His heading out tomorrow to KOH to do the final tune on both the race car and the pre-runner which they take delievery of tonight..

[XJames]

Getting really keen now, looking forward to meeting you guys Sunday afternoon.

[MogLux]

Mal just took deliever of the new car... Will only be used as a pre runner at KOH but

[joshy]

Mal just took deliever of the new car... Will only be used as a pre runner at KOH but

Nice
Talking to Tazz today he didnt think they would get it in time. Very keen to get over there and help out next year.

[MogLux]

Mal just took deliever of the new car... Will only be used as a pre runner at KOH but

Nice
Talking to Tazz today he didnt think they would get it in time. Very keen to get over there and help out next year.

At this stage Joshy both cars are coming back to aus after the race..

[Mosko111]

That there looks like a Russ Tuff Lowmount!! Mal will have to jump back in the car and help steer when that thing rips the rig up over the rocks! They are FAST winches.

[MADSHORT]

updates whats happening and pics

[GUtripper]

Tonka's there....... Looking at all the jeeps and drooling/dribbling over everything.

What's the bet he somehow gets his head in the KOH DVD?

[ToNkA]

Tonka's there....... Looking at all the jeeps and drooling/dribbling over everything.

What's the bet he somehow gets his head in the KOH DVD?

Yep...

and probably

[ethann]

Whose up nice and early to watch LCQ?

[V.W.Dave]

i am but the ustream is down

[brooksy]

Working good on Ultra4 site



brooksy

[ToNkA]

[DUDELUX]

For those that didnt see, and havent heard, read or seen, Criddy qualified today, a respectable 39th.
Napsta and Nick/Mal Van have their qualifing runs tomorrow.

[ToNkA]

[DUDELUX]

I hate you so much Tonka!!

Keep the pics coming mate.

[CanberraMav]

Ben Napier just got fastest qualifying time.

Awesome 2 wheel action at the start!

[Mosko111]

Fastest qualifying time for today's runs im pretty sure?

[CanberraMav]

Sorry yes your right.

[BUSTED100]

3:55 for Ben, currently 6th overall

[DUDELUX]

Nicks time was 4.36.
And Bens truck sounds like an animal!! Idles like a top fueler.

Great work from both teams.

[Mosko111]

It does sound bad ass doesn't it!

[brooksy]

Watching the mad hour was awesome. Shearer 3:19, Shannon 3:24, TJ Flores in solid axle Trent Fab buggy was awesome with 3:25. Robby Gordon had 3:41. Ben is still in top 20.


brooksy

[BUSTED100]

the guys did great

did love the old black hilux ute, still running leaf springs get up and through

[WICKED]

the guys did great

did love the old black hilux ute, still running leaf springs get up and through

Cody Addington ADD racing

[uninformed]

Jim Marsden and Wayne Smith (Aus) of Team Gigglpin finished first across the line today in the EMC. They were running in Jim's 100 inch Land Rover winch challenge truck from the UK. They were actually DQ'd for having full hydro and stickys, but were allowed to race and told it would only be a problem if they won.. haha!!!!

IMO while this truck had full hydro, it was more true to the the LR marque as far as "Stock mod" than alot of the others in class...they will now line up tomorrow in the main event KOH.

[Britswed]

Jim Marsden and Wayne Smith (Aus) of Team Gigglpin finished first across the line today in the EMC. They were running in Jim's 100 inch Land Rover winch challenge truck from the UK. They were actually DQ'd for having full hydro and stickys, but were allowed to race and told it would only be a problem if the won.. haha!!!!

IMO while this truck had full hydro, it was more true the the LR marque as far as "Stock mod" than alot of the others in class...they will now line up tomorrow in the main event KOH.

Well done what a drive

[Britswed]

Latest from Team Gigglepin which we think closes the disqualification issue

EMC Press release from Jim:

We have been lucky enough to have the opportunity to come to King of the Hammers, and when the car was on its way out we had a conversation, "wouldn't it be great if we could have go at the Everymans Challenge" as our vehicle is pretty much a stock car, its road legal, so we asked Dave Cole and he gave us the nod, Yes we could run EMC. So here we are and we lined up at the back of the start line this morning. Before we started the race we were made aware that our hydraulic steering didn't really fit the rules, but we weren't too bothered as we were after wheel time, getting out there having some fun and getting more experience desert and rock racing. Dave said if you do win then expect a protest, to which we replied that we didn't expect to win.
We lined up at the back of the grid in 33rd and set off in hot pursuit of the cars in front of us.
The cars in front are amazing too, with both stock and 'modified' running, and a lot of them buggy-esque whislt retaining the silhouette of a stock car. We have the smallest wheelbase, the smallest engine, same size tyres, and we are running stock coil springs. We had a great race, and to be able to lock horns with the likes of John Currie, that was special, very special! We passed John finally during the last phases of the race up a sand hill and it was especially awesome to do so using our own designed and manufactured Gigglepin GP84 winch. A quote from the commentary was" both cars are stopped, wait Team gigglepin is now moving at 7mph" our team back at camp all shouted "they are winching!" says it all really!
We had caught John before pit 2a but we caught a rock and got a flat, and little beknown to us we were 200 yds from the pit we changed the tyre, where as we should have limped to the pt and got them to do it. This lost us a further 12 mins.
When we finished the race, Dave cole was the first one to come up and congratulate us. The first thing we asked was "Is this where we get disqualified?" we all had a laugh and a joke and carried on to the stage, a little while after the protests started coming in, so we went to discuss it with Dave. We learnt that there were also protests about our "sticky" tyres. We had no idea that they were illegal, and so as we were pulled on 2 accounts it was a no brainer that the title belonged to someone else and so we went up on stage and let the guys know. We relinquished our victory and passed it down to 2nd place John Currie. We have no hard feelings, as we have had an amazing time. Its great to be able to race against these guys, yes we didbn't conform but no one can take away from us what we have achieved.. we had parts during the build up where we didn't even think we would get to the start line, and many of the trails we raced today are virgin ground for us and we have shown what we can do.

Tomorrow we will line up for King of the Hammers

[Shieldsy]

That's awesome. Count on yanks who get beaten to complain. And about tyres!

Good luck